thank you all for your thoughts, it has been so lonally not getting his special kisses every time i am out checking goaties. and they seem so lost with out him. it has hit mallory the hardest he really took to her and they were allways side by side, and she would lay next to him and sometimes even climb on him to give him a hoof massage. ( she is a small black pygmy) she keeps getting out of that pen (she hasnt done that ever in the 2 years she has been here) i think she thinks he is some where else in a different pen. so i went ahead and put her up by the house so she can see me in the door and even come in for a little bit in the evening to vist.